Christopher Quarles College Professor and Master Detective
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LibriVox recording of Christopher Quarles College Professor and Master Detective, by Percy James Brebner. Read by Tony Posante.
Christopher Quarles is a professor of philosophy and a private consulting detective. Quarles, along with his granddaughter Zena, assists Police Detective Murray Wigan in solving various crimes and mysteries in Victorian England. Whereas the police look for facts and then form a theory of a case, Quarles first forms a theory, often seemingly absurd and based on little more than intuition, then seeks facts in support of it. Of course, to the astonishment of all concerned, Quarles' theories usually prove to be quite right! Christopher Quarles College Professor and Master Detective was written by Percy James Brebner (1864-1922) and first published in 1914, a time when motor cars and electric lights were new marvels of the industrial age. (Summary by Tony Posante)
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- Addeddate
- 2012-12-27 20:10:23
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- OL100020406
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- 6419
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- 2012
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Reviewer:
Jacquesuse
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December 25, 2019
Subject: Not quite
Subject: Not quite
This is a shame because the reader does alright until he puts on Quarles’ voice which sounds like Kermit the Frog and becomes so annoying that I gave
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up listening
Reviewer:
TwinkieToes
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September 25, 2019
Subject: Second-Rate
Subject: Second-Rate
The cases are interesting, but they're often "solved" in an unrealistic way. The solution comes without much warning, or with prior facts missing, such
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that the reader does not have a chance of solving it on one's own.
The reader used a weird cadence for Quarles' voice, such that it was hard sometimes to understand what was being said, which was especially frustrating when the character was explaining the solution. Couple this with the author's swift and summary solutions, and it made it worse.
One extra star for effort on the reader's part, because I don't want to be mean.
The reader used a weird cadence for Quarles' voice, such that it was hard sometimes to understand what was being said, which was especially frustrating when the character was explaining the solution. Couple this with the author's swift and summary solutions, and it made it worse.
One extra star for effort on the reader's part, because I don't want to be mean.
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